30th July 2011

London nurse wins landmark equal pay case

The Trust failed to justify Gloria Emmanuel’s pay being lower than her male comparator’s, a maintenance supervisor.

UNISON helped a nurse win a landmark equal pay claim against City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust. The Trust failed to justify Gloria Emmanuel’s pay being lower than her male comparator’s, a maintenance supervisor. The first test* case in … Continue reading →

22nd July 2011

Doctors to launch public campaign against proposed NHS reforms

The government faces a summer of discontent over its reforms
BMA votes to reject idea that changes to health and social care bill will reduce the risk of privatisation of [...]
28th June 2011

Doctors reject revised NHS plans

We have a duty to past, present and future generations
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News, in Cardiff Doctors have rejected the government’s revised NHS plans, urging their union [...]
26th June 2011

Open letter to the medical profession: Now is the time to get tough on NHS reform

We are writing as a group of concerned doctors and we are also members of UK BMA Council. Next week [...]
14th June 2011

UNISON response to NHS Future Forum

UNISON, the UK’s largest union, said today that the Future Forum’s report into the NHS Health and Social Care Bill, [...]

‘NHS privatisation train has not been derailed by Future Forum report’, says Unite

13 June 2011 The NHS privatisation programme is still on track despite protests by health professionals to the Future Forum [...]
12th June 2011

Crunch week for NHS as ‘privatisation’ controversy rages over PM’s ‘pledges’

10 June 2011 As the future of the NHS faces a crunch week, Unite, the largest union in the country, [...]